Covered Vase

Wedgwood

1790-1800

  • Titles Covered Vase (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium white stoneware
  • Dimensions 12 1/4 × 6 1/2 × 5 1/4 in. (31.1 × 16.5 × 13.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Wedgwood Collection, gift through the Wedgwood Society of New York, AFI.3107.2008a-b
  • Work Type vase with cover
  • Classification Containers

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